Government issues notification on continuation of Anti-Dumping Duty for Flax Fabric

The Ministry of Finance under the Department of Revenue recently shared a notification on November 7, 2025 regarding anti-dumping duty on the import of the subject goods.

The government authority released a notice on March 29, 2025, which was published in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1). This notice said that they had started a review to decide whether to continue the anti-dumping duty on imports of ‘Woven Fabric’, also called ‘Flax Fabric’.

This fabric comes under tariff heading 5308 in the First Schedule of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975. Earlier, the government had already imposed this anti-dumping duty through another notification, No. 35/2020-Customs (ADD), issued on November 10, 2020, by the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), which was also published in the Gazette of India.

In the matter of review of anti-dumping duty on import of the subject goods, originating in or exported from the subject countries, the designated authority in its final findings, published vide notification No. 7/05/2025-DGTR dated August 8, 2025, in the Gazette of India Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, has decided that-

(i) Even though anti-dumping duties already exist, the volume of imports from subject countries has increased in both absolute and relative terms.

(ii) Even though the cost of raw materials went up and production became more expensive, the domestic industry couldn’t increase its selling prices much. This is because imported goods became cheaper, so to stay competitive and keep their market share, local producers had to keep prices low. This caused price suppression.

(iii) Imported goods are being sold at lower prices than domestic products, which is undercutting local prices.

(iv) Even though anti-dumping duties already exist, dumping is still happening, and it continues to cause serious harm to the domestic industry.

For complete information refer to the official notification-